Patents by Inventor Jose A. Costa, Jr.

Jose A. Costa, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4991346
    Abstract: An assembly for holding a planting pot and supplying water or liquid thereto by capillary action from a liquid reservoir maintained in an outer container disposed in surrounding and supporting relation to the planting pot on the interior thereof. The assembly incorporates a capillary container holding transfer medium which facilitates liquid flow therethrough by capillary action, such as dirt or soil similar to the material on the interior of the planting pot in which the root structure of the contained plant grows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventors: Jose A. Costa, Jr., Julian Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 4937974
    Abstract: A support assembly for a conventionally structured planting pot designed to position and support the planting pot on the interior of an outer liquid containing container wherein the support assembly includes an adjustable support structure for maintaining any one of a variety of planting pots above an existing level of water or irrigating liquid within the container and a positioning structure both fixedly and adjustably disposed to properly position the supported plant pot in a centered location within the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Inventors: Jose A. Costa, Jr., Julian Gutierrez